The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1887-03-06

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the attempt proved failure and a
great victory for the President. The
House, by decisive vote of It's ayes to
125 nays, sustained the veto. Although
the friends of the original bill had fifty
requisite two-thirds. and the objections
of the President, therefore, remain in
force. After this decision, 1t is not
likely that we shall hear of any more
dependent pension bills. 1t was a
scheme of the claim agents to get
their paws on the funds of the Treas
ury. and they feel very sore that their
little game has failed. 1t is not to be
expected. that these claim agents will
have anything good to say of the Pres
ident in the future, but their gall will
not amount to much. The action of the
President in veroing the bill is sus-
tanned by the whole country and should
be re-nomim ated in I688-whicb he will
be if Gov. David B. Hill of New York
does not show his teeth--he wi not lose
many soldier votes by said action.
There is considerable talk of the Pres
ident-in the event of the present Con-
gress Sinking its duty in regard to the
matter of national self-defense-sum
moning the Fiftieth Congress in extra
session. Nothing definite can be learned
upon the subject. A few days, how
ever, must put the matter beyond
doubt one way or another. If the
President thinks that so and so ought
to be done he will not hesitate to call an
extra session; but if an extra session
has to be held, it will be sad reflection
upon the negligence of the Forty
ninth Congress; a sad blow to Mr..
Randall and his faction.
Thus far I have not touched upon the
all-absorbing topic in Utah-ths
Edmunds-T1cker bill, which passed
Congress a week ago last Friday. do
not know that / can say much about
the matter, inasmuch as before my let
ter can appear in THE HERALD the
people of Utah will have been
fully advised as to the fate of
the bill. The greatest interest is
manifested here among newspaper
men as to what the Presidents action
upon thesbill will be. am approached
every day with the question-"Well, do
you know anything?" to which l can
only reply Il know nothing whatever"
The supporters and non-supporters OF
the bill are naturally very anxious.
The supporters MAINTAIN that the
President must sign the bill; while the
non-supDorters assert thai there IS no
must" in the question. Il the bill is
vetoed 1 shall take some credit to my
self for tenacity; for l have main
tanned from beginning to end that l
would never believe that such q
measure would become law until
l knew it was a law. I still stick
to that position. "A few hours
more, and the result will be
known. For the present am done
with the Edmunds-Tucker infamy. |
have written against. it and worked
if it should be vetoed and not become
Jaw. shall feel like throwing my hat
in the air. On the other band, if the
bill should become law, shall be found
cheerful and say, well, it is all right.
Adieul Mr.. Edmunds-Tucker."
AS have already said, the last day s
CT the session are always very excit-
ing. The scenes on the floor of
the House are curious to witnes 8.
Members cannot keep their seats.
Everybody wants to catch the speakers
eve, which is one of the most difficult
things to catch in the world. A motion
to suspend the rules, says a New York
Sun correspondent, and pass bill is in
order at any time now, but to make
such q motion one must get the
Speakers eye. 1t is hard to get. Some
members cannot see it; others seen to
be always within range OF its vision,
ard when there are forty men on the
floor yelling for recognition with all the
power of their lungs, the speaker will
look over the heads of them all and see
Mr.. Morrison or Mr.. Randall, who are
quietly standing in their places and
making no disturbance at all. The only
way to get the Speakers eye is through
the Speakers ear. He must know what
his eye is wanted for before he turns it IN
any direction. Members who want to
get bills through under a suspension OF
rules go to the Speaker and show the
bills. He takes them under con-
sideration as a sort of committee
of the whole. He examines
them, he consults with other leaders, he
may take them to the White House and
get the views of the coordinate body
as to their necessity or practicability
He must know all about them and the
effect they will have before his eye
moves in its socket. There is lot of
work to do before the eye of the Speaker
can be secured, and the number of jobs
and schemes 1t OvefloOkS during the
closing days of each session would give
a Mugwump the shivers. Speaker Car
Isle is as cool as an iceberg. He never
gets ratified. He never loses his grip on
the business of the House. He is not
so alert and penetrating . man as Ran
dali, but is more generous and fair. l
have wondered at the coolness of
Speaker Carlisle il the midst of the
greatest confusion. He is one OF the
bast Speakers toe House ever had.
Possessed of very strong voice, be
can be heard, no matter the din, all over
the House, and he keeps pounding with
his gavel until he gets some kind
of order at east. He has 3
severe task before him the next four
DAYS. and, in all likelihood, four nights.
He will doubtless hail noon of the 4th
of March. with a,sigh of relief. Whether
be vii. be re elected Speaker OF the
Fiftieth Congress is at present a matter
of conjecture. Mr.. Cox is favorably
mentioned in connection with the posi-
ton. while Mr.. Randall, by his refus-
ing to support the President in his de-
pendent pension bill, seems to have
brought himself into great disfayor
The Democrats are getting tired OF him,
and swear that he Is more Republican
- T..